URL rewrite mod

URL rewrite modifications are one of the best ways to change a dynamic site query string into a static looking URL that is easily crawlable by the search engines.

I am curious if anyone has some experience doing this with random scripts.

I have a ton of php scripts installed on my sites and I can go ahead and pay someone to build me this script but if someone knows of a good one online, free or for sale I am interested.

Thanks

 

.htaccess is my best friend now

It really isn't that hard, just the regular expression nitty gritty.

Examples:

RewriteEngine on

# FORCE WWW IN URL (my favorite one)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# END FORCE WWW IN URL

# change all php files to .do files
# makes index.do actually refer to index.php
rewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]*)\.do$ /$1.php

# User Home Pages starting with a ~
# visting /~myusername actually changes to
# /view_user.php?username=myusername
RewriteRule ^~([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/?$ /view_user.php?username=$1

# Directories actually refering to category of something
#/cat-food/ changes to
# /directory.php?category=cat-food
RewriteRule ^([_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ /directory.php?category=$1

Have fun

 

so could I paste that code in every single php site I am running and it will just start working?

 

no url rewrite is done at .htaccess file

and you have to set your anchors accordingly.

for little example http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=126691

 

Yeah except change the relevant parts. IE site.com to yourdomain.com

 

Thanks guys!!